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E-mail marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or fund raising messages to an audience. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing.

Email marketing is one of the best performing marketing channels online. According to the DMA, for every dollar spent on email marketing, you can expect a return on investment of $43. But it's not as simple as sending an email to a list to get this sort of result.

Lifecycle marketing is changing the way companies interact with prospects and customers through the email channel. This white paper explores five common questions and some ideas on how to jumpstart your lifecycle marketing efforts.

There's no reason overseeing and managing a million-plus subscriber email database should be a discombobulated and overbearing task. Start being an effective email marketer by creating a plan, brushing up on your skills, and cleaning house. Implementing these six simple tweaks will go a long way towards maximizing the return, response, and revenue from your email program.

Video email is the best of three worlds, bringing together the immediacy of the internet, the precise control and metrics of direct mail, along with the visual appeal of television and YouTube. At its best it has the potential to double or triple the overall efficiency of your marketing program, but employed in the wrong way and it can turn off existing customers.

The rise of social media is intrinsically connected to email, which was itself the first social network. Email marketers must leverage this complementary channel to expand their reach beyond the email list, realizing the power of viral marketing in the social web.

The Pro's and Con's of Frequency for online retailers.
There is a happy medium for the frequency of an email newsletter or special promotions. The more you mail in the short term, the more revenue you will see, but what are the long term effects?

As direct marketers, you know "the devil is in the details." Being able to drill-down on results is important to determine future strategies. It takes discipline and the application of direct marketing tenets. But you can fine-tune your results, target better and reap the rewards.

eCommerce Marketers who want to exploit the full potential of e-mail should develop plans to consistently grow their permission-based e-mail lists of customers and prospects. This allows them to build loyalty and promote cross-sell and up-sell opportunities.

It always surprises me that as eCommerce marketers we give lip service to the importance of testing, buy many of us don't take the time to fine-tune our email programs. If you are able to identify a few elements through testing that resonate with your customers and then employ those insights in your ongoing program, the improvements may be sustainable over time.

The growing trend towards insourcing marketing and transactional email is being driven by businesses that are looking for ways to improve their email programs, increase data security and lower costs. When evaluating whether it makes more sense to leverage an on-premise or outsourced solution, it's important to understand how the traditional arguments have changed.

Today, email deliverability is a challenging goal and a moving target all at the same time. Traditional metrics such as email volume and open rates are going up, but inbox placement is in decline. And no matter how fantastic your email is, it won’t generate a response if it isn’t delivered. So, what can today’s marketers do to make sure their messages hit the inbox?

A great email helps you engage your customer and deliver your message, which can make a difference between a click-through and a direct route to your website or losing a customer’s interest and being sent to the spam folder. As consumers become increasingly savvy about all types of communications—from mobile to social to email—email, for example think about Gmail’s tabbed inbox where users can filter and organize their inboxes. It is becoming even more difficult to stay front and center. Download now to learn more!

As a marketer, you need to think across channels in your digital advertising. Through advanced digital advertising and marketing automation technology, like Marketo’s Ad Bridge, Real-Time Personalization, and more, you can easily listen and react from a variety of channels. Download to learn more.

This ebook will review the potential blunders marketers make in their email marketing campaigns, why those blunders make a difference, and then how to prevent (and fix) these types of mistakes. Download to learn more!

We live in a mobile-first reality, one that has put the world’s information at our fingertips via smartphone, tablet, or wearable device. It has forever altered the ways in which we shop and consume, and how marketers engage with buyers. As a mobile marketer, you need to deliver the cohesive experience that your audience expects. Download to find out how.

Personalize your marketing to convert your highest-value accounts.
Account-based marketing (ABM) has become a popular term among business-to-business (B2B) marketers. The goal of ABM campaigns is quite simple: understand, identify, and target ideal customers with personalized messaging.